Are you sick of purchasing loafs of bread with a list of 50 ingredients you can't pronounce? Try bringing it back to the basics with this 6 ingredient fluffy sourdough sandwich loaf recipe. It delicious, nutritious and perfect with your breakfast. Slap on some grass fed butter to elevate your first time experience;)
Fluffy Sourdough Sandwich Bread
Makes: 2 Loaves | Prep Time: 13+ Hours | Cook Time: 40 Minutes
Ingredients:
+ 1 cup (200g) active bubbly starter
+ 2 ⅔ cup (600g) warm filtered water
+ 1/4 cup (85g) raw honey
+ 7-8 cups (1050-1200g) bread flour (might need more or less depending on humidity)
+ 3 Tbsp (40g) olive oil
+ 4 tsp (24g) Himalayan salt
Directions:
1. Add the active starter to a large bowl. Mix in warm water and honey, until milky. Add bread flour, oil and salt. Stir with a dough whisk or mix with your hands until dough is more thick, not formed.
2. Flour your hands and finish mixing dough by hand until most of the flour has been incorporated. Cover with a damp kitchen towel and let rest for 45-60 mins.
3. Do a series of stretch and folds, like you would with your artisan sourdough. Cover with plastic wrap or a damp tea towel and let sit out on the counter overnight for 8-10 hours. Do not refrigerate dough.
4. In the morning, lightly flour your countertop and place dough on there to release air from the dough. Cut dough in half for two loaves. Stretch out your dough into a rectangle (laminate) and roll them up into a log. Cover for 10 mins to rest.
5. Oil your bread pan with oil or butter. Do a little shaping with your log by gently pulling the dough towards you, like you do with your artisan loaves while shaping. Pinch up the sides and stick in your bread pan. Cover and let rise 2-3 hours until it’s double in size.
6. Preheat oven to 375 F. Bake the loaves for 40 mins. Brush with butter a couple
Tools:
- Bread loaf tin: this tin is perfect for your sandwich sourdough loaf https://amzn.to/3wZtaby
- Rack: Let the loaves cool for 1-3 hours after you pull out of oven! I love my $7 rack from amazon. https://amzn.to/43iXBFV
- Red Dutch Oven: I use this tool for my round sourdough loaves https://amzn.to/3wPtk5z
